A MOTHER-of-seven is becoming increasingly angry and concerned about the conditions which her family is having to endure in their small council house in Maesgeirchen.

Anne-Marie Williams, lives at Min-y- Ddol on the Bangor estate with her husband John and five daughters Kaya, Tanisha, Denika, Clalice, Maisie and two sons, Leon and Malachy, with the children aged six months to 12 years old.

The couple have lived in the three- bedroomed house for seven years, but as the family has expanded, they have applied to move to a larger house, but without success.

The problems the family have is not only the inevitably cramped conditions, but also with damp and three family members, Anne-Marie, John and Denika, suffer from asthma with youngest son Malachy also a suspected sufferer.

One of the daughters, Tanisha, also suffers from Global Developmental Delay, a condition which affects a child’s "developmental milestones" such as fine motor skills, speech and language skills, cognitive skills and social skills.

"We’ve appealed to Gwynedd Council for three years now and we’re just not getting anywhere," said Anne-Marie.

"The house, which was fine when we started living here, is just too small now and we’ve even had council housing officers visiting us and they’ve admitted the house is over-crowded, but nothing seems to have been done.

"The sleeping arrangements are that my five daughters are in one bedroom, my eldest son in a room on his own, while my youngest son sleeps in the same room as my husband and me.

"I’m really angry about the whole situation because we’re talking about children’s health being put at risk here and also the problems with Tanisha and her disability.

"I don’t think anyone should have to live like this."

The points scheme, which Gwynedd Council operates and uses when a property becomes vacant is another bugbear for the family.

A list of applicants is then produced and the property is usually offered to the application with the most points.

"But for some reason, I’ve been told we don’t have near enough points to qualify for a new house despite the fact we’ve been told the house is over-crowded and the health problems the family is suffering," said Anne-Marie.

"There were two five-bedroomed houses going recently, one in Penrhosgarnedd and one in Kingsley Avenue, but I told the council the one in Penrhosgarnedd wasn’t suitable because it had steep steps leading up to it and this would cause problems for Tanisha.

"But I never heard anything more about the house in Kingsley Avenue, which would have been great for us, and I then found out they had housed another family there."

A Gwynedd Council spokesperson said: "The council operates a points based system for determining priority for housing.

"Each housing application received is assessed and awarded points to reflect the identified need.

"Council houses are then allocated as they become available to those with the highest number of points.

"While we cannot discuss individual cases, we would stress that all applications for council housing in Gwynedd are dealt with in accordance with this policy.

"We would urge any applicant who is unhappy with the way their application has been handled to contact the council's housing department directly."